Todd Cort Email & Phone Number

I work at the intersection of corporate responsibility and sustainable finance. My current research and advisory work focus on the barriers to moving capital (either corporate or investor) to more sustainable investments. In this space, I am working on:1) Metrics and standards for measuring the environmental impacts of fixed income investment products such as green bonds2) Metrics and the underlying data for environmental, social and governance (ESG) that demonstrably drive corporate growth and improvement in equity value3) Metrics for underwriting more sustainable insurance products - particularly around the means to measure effective climate adaptationOn the corporate side of sustainability, I teach and work with companies on the premise that the best strategies for integration of sustainability will also drive stronger financial performance. To this end, I am interested in specific functions within companies to integrate sustainability:1) Investor Relations teams to develop strategies for responding to investor ESG expectations2) Chief Operating Officers to integrate better risk management and stakeholder engagement processes3) Marketing and communications teams to manage and produce sustainability reports4) Environment, Health and Safety teams to build sustainability and community engagement techniques into management and compliance systems5) Chief Executive Officers and Boards of Directors to benchmark sustainability practices and expectations from customers, investors, peers, policy makers and others